Nobody should know that Erika S. couldn’t afford the new glasses recently. Or that she only shops at the nearest supermarket when there is another discount campaign. The 79-year-old from Munich lives on 1,200 euros a month – the poverty line in the Bavarian capital is 1,540 euros. The pensioner doesn’t want to read her last name in the newspaper because she’s too embarrassed about what her friends, the people at church, the neighbors might think.
Old-age poverty in Germany: Will the issue of pensions bring new voters for the AfD? – Politics
